Templet



G. J. Nns. TEMPLET.

APPLlCATlON FILED IUNE 8| 1920.

Patented Maysl, 1921.

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APPLICATEON FILED IUNE 8, 1920. L-ij Paf-@med May 31,1921,

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Application filed .Tune 8, 1920.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Gruner-IOM J. NIES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beaumont, in the county of Jefferson and State of Texas, have invented new and useful. improvements in Templets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to templets or steel models, mainly designed for use in building ships the principal object of the invention being to provide a device which can be easily and quickly adjusted to the shape of the desired part and one which does not require any special skill in operating it.

The device is principally made for use in laying out frame timbers for ships and does away with the old way of making Wooden molds that have to be thrown away after the ship is built. It will of course be understood, however, that the device may be used for other purposes such as taking the shape of patches for boilers and so forth.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby two or more of the devices may be connected together when desired.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, t0 be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

ln describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure l is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a plan view.

i? ig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken adjacent one of the standards.

Fig. i is an edge view showing means for connecting two of the devices together.

Figs. 'and 6 are views showing the device bent into different shapes.

Figs. 7 and 8 are detail views of a moditit-ation.

As shown in these views the device comprises a base strip l which is preferably made of flexible steel, standards 2 and the adjusting blades 3. The standards are each provided with a wide base 4, which is secured to the base strip l by screws or the Specification of Letters Patent.

Alsatentfed May 3i, 192i.

Serial No. 387,446.

like. rlhe other end of each standard is of cylindrical shape as at 5 and this end is forked as at G. Each blade 3 is provided with a slot 7 at one end and a hole 8 at its other end and the blades are held in the forked ends of the standards by means of the bolts 9 and the thumb nuts rl0. Each bolt passes through an opening S in one blade and the slot 7 in the adjacent blade. it will thus be seen that by loosening the thumb nuts the base strip may be bent into the desired shape and can be held in this shape by tightening the thumb nuts so that the blades will hold the strip in adjusted posinon.

TWhere it is desired to connect two or more of the devices together I provide a plate 11 having openings 12 therein for receiving screws which engage the adjacent ends of the base strips of the two devices7 thus firmly connecting said strips together.

itwiil thus be seen that the flexible base may be bent to conform to the shape of the curve to which the piece is to be cut and it will. be held in this shape. by clamping the blades between the forked ends of the standards by the bolts and thumb nuts. By inaking' the device of small size it may be used for a drafting instrument.

Instead of using the thumb nuts 10 I may pivot a cam lever 18 to each of the bolts 9 so that when the lever is lowered into the position shown in full lines in F ig. 7 the parts will be clamped together but when the lever is swung up into the position shown in dotted lines the split ends of the standards will be permitted to spring apart so that the blades will be loosely held thereby.

l may make the strip l and blades 3 of spring tempered brass instead of steel so as to make the device rust proof.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the 100 combination and arrangement of the several.

parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

1What l claim is l. A device of the class described ccmprising a-iiexible base strip, standards carried thereby and spaced apart, links, each pivotally connected with one standard and having a slotted connection With the adjacent standard and means for clamping the slotted ends of the links to the standards.

2. A device of the class described coni- 5 prising a flexible base strip, standards secured thereto and having their free ends forked, blades, each having one end pivotally connected with one standard and its other end slotted and engaging the forked end of the adjacent standard and clamping 10 bolts for adjustably Connecting the slotted ends of the blades to the standards.

In testimony whereof I affix In signature.

GERSHOM J N NIES; 

